Chester-le-street Athletic Club has been rewarded for winning the National Cross-Country Championships by being invited to compete in the Reebok Challenge at Liverpool in November.

The Chester team will line-up against the leading Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish clubs with the winners going forward to represent Britain in the European Clubs Championships later in the season.

"It's another feather in the cap for the club," said Chester-le-Street president Bob Tinkler.

"The girls - Morag McDonnell, Ruth Brown, Dianne Henaghan, Kathryn Waugh and Heather Robinson - were superb when they won the National at Parliament Hill in London and this is another challenge for them.

"I'm sure we can do well at Liverpool and it would be fitting if they could take their National victory on a stage further.

"It would be good for the club and also for the region if we were to be Britain's representatives in the European Clubs Cross-Country Championships."

Meanwhile, for one of Chester-le-Street's team members, international call-ups seems to be forever dropping on her doormat.

Dianne Henaghan has been selected for England to run in a track event in Cork, Ireland next month.